<p>My son is a sophomore in HS. He currently plays for his Varsity Golf team these 2 years. How do I approach DIII or DI coaches. I am not sure which colleges he wants to go to( scared of thinking about Ivies). He is not the best on his team(40 on a nine hole), but progressing aggressively. HIS ACT is 35, weigted GPA 4.3, plenty of EC's. He plays water polo too at club level. We live in Princeton. Should he take summer camps at Ivies or simply email coaches with a CD of his performance. How do you do the NCAA thing?</p>
<p>Which are the best golf camps in the Northeast or anywhere in US? for visibility purposes…
Has anyone been on a golf scholarship??
What are the scores to be recognized by a golf school. Is it better to come from a prep or a public school to be noticed by the coaches?</p>
<p>mutiple thoughts …</p>
<p>1) Check out <a href=“http://www.ncaa.org%5B/url%5D”>www.ncaa.org</a> for the rules about golf recruiting … they will be different for DI, DII, and DIII … and different than other sports also</p>
<p>2) There are limits of when coaches can proactively contact recruits …typically it in a time frame near the summer after a student’s junior year.</p>
<p>3) That said there is no limit to when a recuit can contact a coach … and a coach can respond if a recruit contacts them … a lot of team web pages have contact the coach links. </p>
<p>4) There are not a ton of golf scholarships (on ncaa.org also) so that is a tough goal to achieve … but being recruited and getting help with admissions is much more achievable</p>
<p>Play in AJGA, USGA and FCWT tournaments to establish a national ranking on college-length courses since coaches look at Golfweek/Titleist, AJGA Polo Rankings and Junior Golf Scoreboard Rankings as a preliminary screening to determine if they are at all interested. Also look at the PING college golf guide to compare how your son’s scores would fit with a program. It is important to accurately determine whether his golf scores are such that the college would potentially have interest (ie: don’t target Stanford if his scoring average is 80). Look at the scoring average for the players on the team. Then send information to schools where his grades, SATs and golf scores are a good fit. He should play in as many national tournaments as possible this summer with strong competition if you are considering Division 1 schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>For golf, coaches pay more attention to performance in national tournaments (AJGA, USGA, FCWT) than high school play. Coaches look for players that have considerable experience in tournament play. Golf camps are often more of a money-making tool for golf programs but are generally less important for recruitment than in other sports. Send coaches your resume, transcript, test scores and schedule of upcoming tournaments. Schedule tournaments in areas near the colleges that you are considering and make unofficial visits to the colleges before or after the tournament where you can speak with the coach, see the university and tour the facilities. Contact the coach in advance to set up a time for an unofficial visit. If a coach is interested, he/she will likely want to watch you play in a tournament situation.</p>
<p>Thanks Collegebound. That was a great reply!</p>
<p>Golf scholarships, D1 school, Honors Program, good business school…visit and see if it is a fit.</p>
<p>Men’s golf teams can have up to 4.5 scholarships available and women’s golf teams can have up to 6 scholarships available. The majority of golf scholarships for men are partial whereas women often receive full scholarships. Golf Digest has a college golf guide that usually comes out with the September issue (last out September 2007). You can probably find it on-line at golfdigest.com It includes rankings and tips about recruiting.</p>
<p>There is also a wealth of information on the Junior Golf Scoreboard site. juniorgolfscoreboard.com Check the “Going to College” section there. It should answer all your questions.</p>
<p>My family has some experience with golf recruiting, except women’s recruiting is not as competitive. My daughters average was around 40, some scores at par, made CIF in California, shot several rounds in the 70’s. She started looking at DIII because she was interested in small exclusive liberal arts colleges. DIII’s cannot give any athletic scholarship but they can give merit if grades and SAT are good. My daughter had good grades and SAT scores. She was accepted to a couple of her liberal arts choices, but also rejected from a few which was surprising. The DIII coaches do not have much influence in the admission process. DI and DII schools can offer athletic scholarship but are more competitive. It’s very difficult to get recruited to a DI and DII school if they have high academic standards and have a competitive admissions process. My daughter did not want to attend a DI or DII school if the academics were not strong. She earned good grades and wanted to go to a top 50 school. She was recruited to an ivy league, your son has the grades and scores to get into an ivy if they are interested in him. You may want to approach them while he is in his junior year. The ivies cannot give athletic scholarship so unless you make less than $60K a year you may have to pay full tuition of $50K+ a year.</p>
<p>Actually, many of the Ivy League schools now offer great financial aid to families earning up to $200K so that the family only pays a total of 10% of their income to send the child to Harvard, Yale or Princeton. So for many, it is the equivalent of a partial scholarship. I’m not sure if they all offer the same financial aid deal.</p>
<p>My son is a nationally ranked player on a DIII team and I still have clear memories of the recruiting process.</p>
<p>First, DIII doesn’t have golf scholarships. DI does, but you have to be a great player for the money to be meaningful.</p>
<p>Some DIII coaches have a lot of influence on admissions, others none. My son’s college is a top LAC with <20% admission rate and his coach definitely helped him get in, although he was a good student with good grades and SAT.</p>
<p>On a lot of DIII teams an average score of 80 won’t get you on the team. Probably need HS average of about 76 to be of interest to the better programs; colleges play much harder conditions and courses so average score jumps about 5 strokes from HS. On other DIII teams he would be a starter.</p>
<p>Check [Golfstat</a> - Your College Golf Source](<a href=“http://www.golfstat.com%5DGolfstat”>http://www.golfstat.com) for the scores posted by the colleges you are considering; tournament score results show how each individual player scored. If you are interested, current DIII national championships are on now and the live scoring is posted at: [NCAA</a> DIII Men’s Championship- Golfstat Live!](<a href=“Golfstat Live Scoring”>http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1502)</p>
<p>I agree that DI coaches want national tournament experience, but for DIII that’s a bonus. My son was accepted at two DI colleges; one coach would have been happy to have him with a record of multiple wins in California but no national experience, the other said he could try out as a walk on. Too bad for coach 2, because my son has a scoring average after three years that is better than the one seed on his team…</p>
<p>Send me a PM if you have questions about specific programs; I am used to finding the info quick because I have served as assistant coach for some of the tournaments and scout the other teams’ scores.</p>
<p>Optiman, </p>
<p>Thanks for the Golfstat link - most helpful as it shows the results of college golf programs by Division. </p>
<p>As being associated with a great golf course is also a terrific advantage for a program, this link shows the top 25 courses used for college golf. Naturally, it’s just opinion but still might be helpful. </p>
<p>[Links</a> Magazine | The Best Of Golf | Top 25 College Golf Courses](<a href=“http://linksmagazine.com/golf_courses/features/best_college_courses/top_25_college_golf_courses_index.aspx]Links”>http://linksmagazine.com/golf_courses/features/best_college_courses/top_25_college_golf_courses_index.aspx)</p>